USC making push for Florida lineman

OL Derrick Kelly Jr. (6-5 295) of Havana, FL decommitted from Kentucky last month and since then has seen the interest from other schools skyrocket. And that includes USC. Gamecock recruiter Kirk Botkin visited Kelly last week. "We talked about what I should expect at South Carolina and what my expectations should be," Kelly said. "I know a lot about coach Spurrier and think he's a great coach, a legendary coach. And I think they have a good offensive line, a smash mouth team basically." Kelly has also talked with Gamecock line coach Shawn Elliott. He made an official visit to Florida over the weekend and plans to visit USC, LSU and Alabama. He was not certain of the dates though he thought the USC visit might be January 17th. Kelly Jr. also has offers from Kentucky, LSU, Florida State, Florida, Tennessee and South Florida. Alabama has not yet offered. Kelley played tackle in high school.

The regular season ended last night for Huntington Prep, WV and the team won't play again until the national tournament in New York City in early April. That should give 6-10 center Levi Cook plenty of time to recover from a twisted knee that kept him out of last night's game. And it also will give him time to make his official visits.

OL Parker Boudreaux of Orlando reports an amazing total of over 70 offers at this point. About 15 of those programs have separated from the pack and Clemson is firmly in that group. Boudreaux visited Clemson last season for the North Carolina game and raved about the experience. He is returning this Saturday for a junior day and will bring...

OL Luke Elder of LaGrange, GA holds offers from about 15 schools including USC and Clemson. Some of his other offers are Ole Miss, Cal, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Missouri, Florida State and Vanderbilt. He doesn't yet have favorites but he plans to formulate a top 10 or in the near future, and he...

Clemson holds its second junior day for the 2016 recruiting season this Saturday and one of the invitees is Bamberg-Ehrhardt OL Drew Wilson (6-4 290). Clemson has had a lot of success attracting top talent from the Red Raiders' program over the years and Wilson is another drawing the Tigers' interest according to assistant coach and recruiting...

OL John Simpson of Fort Dorchester won his first 4A heavyweight wrestling championship over the weekend. His wrestling season limited the amount of football recruiting travel he could get in over the past couple of months, but Simpson is ready to move forward with that now.